[RndTbl] trying to set up ssh at home

[Kat]

Hi folks!

My new understanding of networking is coming along, but still a little
shaky.  I have been trying to set up ssh to work on my home machine because
I want to practice Linux stuff and access my PC if I happen to be away from
home on the weekends.

I've installed OpenSSH with success, and from my local machine I can "ssh
localhost" with success (127.0.0.1 works too, of course)

The problem is I am trying
ssh (my ip)
and I get "Connection refused".

This happens both from my parents' machine (in another town - Go Mom for
downloading and running putty), and from my own (that ssh is running on).

I suspect the problem has to do with my router, either regarding my rather
prudent settings (LAN connection must be authenticated, *and* have a
whitelisted MAC address), or more likely, I am missing something in setup to
allow incoming connections that get forwarded to my specific machine.  This
is where my understanding falls apart at the moment... help?

I've got a linksys/cisco wrt120n
local IP 192.168.1.100
local router IP 192.168.1.1

internet IP in the 24.something range :)

Let me know if more info is required.

Thanks!

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Katherine Scrupa
Network Technology CCNA student, RRC
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